Gigs around town

TODAY DEVENDRA BANHART Psychedelic folkie who’s gotten even more eclectic since becoming a left-field star....

Researcher says text proves Shroud of Turin real

ROME — A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity...

Failing schools put on notice

Fourteen chronically underperforming schools must shape up or face being closed and replaced with charter or pilot...

City targets 14 schools for overhaul

Fourteen chronically underperforming schools mainly in Roxbury and Dorchester are slated for dramatic overhauls...

Afghans on hold, awaiting Hamid Karzai, Barack Obama decisions

KABUL — Its protracted presidential election has finally been decided, but Afghanistan is on hold. President...

SPIN METER: Did Barack Obama grovel?

WASHINGTON — Some conservative commentators seized on President Barack Obama’s deep bow to...

Scobee’s FG as time expires lifts Jags over Jets

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Josh Scobee kicked a 21-yard field goal as time expired to give the Jacksonville Jaguars...

Rooney returns with new EP, 12/13 gig at the Mid East

Oh, Rooney, you’ve power-popped your way into our cold beating hearts, those dashing pin-up looks and saccharine...

Knee, foot give Jaguars leg up

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - Maurice Jones-Drew saw a clear path to the end zone and somehow fought the urge to...

Ethiopia orders 12 A350 aircraft from Airbus

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Ethiopian Airlines confirmed an order Sunday for 12 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft...

Mount Alvernia Mustangs finally can stand tall

The last time the Mount Alvernia volleyball team was at Hudson High, it was 2005 and the Mustangs were on the...

President Obama in Asia: We’ll get Afghan plan ‘right’

TOKYO - President Obama, facing withering criticism for a prolonged decision-making process on Afghanistan,...

Former Middle East hostage files for bankruptcy

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Former hostage Terry Anderson, who was held captive in the Middle East for 6½ years,...

TONIGHT: New Collisions EP release party @ Middle East

This note got buried in yesterday's Cheap Thrills column, so I'll re-post it here as it bears repeating: The New...

Gigs around town

FRIDAY THE CRANBERRIES Back after a five-year hiatus, singer Dolores O’Riordan and the original lineup...